Tajinder Pal Singh loses father before he could show him gold medal
NEW DELHI: It was just a matter of few hours for him, but shot putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor this time missed the mark and the moment he had waited for so many years.
Having come back with the biggest prize of his career —a gold medal at the recently-concluded Asian Games — Toor was desperate to gift it to his ailing father who had been battling cancer for two years and who had made many sacrifices for his son.
But, as he left for Moga in Punjab after landing in Delhi from Jakarta on Monday evening, Toor got the shattering news that his father Karam Singh had expired.
Toor knew that his father’s health was deteriorating fast and so immediately left by road for Moga from Delhi, but barely a few kilometres away from his hometown, he got the dreaded news.
Toor couldn’t fulfil his father’s last wish which was to hold the gold medal his son had won for the country.
courtesy : timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Raichur: Vehicle traveling to Koppal topples as driver loses control after tyre burst
four dead, ten injured
Raichur: Four people, including three students, were killed when a tyre of the Cruiser vehicle they were traveling in burst, resulting in the vehicle rolling sideways on the stretch near Arginamara Camp in Sindhanur taluk on Tuesday night.
The deceased have been identified as Hayavadana (18), Sujayedra (22) and Abhilash (20), who were students of the Guru Sarvabhauma Samskrita Vidyapeetha in Mantralaya, Andhra Pradesh, and cruiser driver Kamsali Shiva (24). Ten other travelers were seriously injured and are being treated at the Sindhanur Taluk Hospital.
The accident occurred while the group was traveling from Mantralaya at attend an event for the worship of Narahari Theertha near Anegundi in Koppal district. The vehicle tyre burst near the Sindhanur Vaishnavi Devi Gudi Cross on the Raichur-Sindhanur main road. As a result, the driver lost control of the vehicle, which toppled on the road.
A case has been registered at the Sindhanur Traffic Police Station in this regard. The officers are investigating.
